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The Sunny Side of the Street

Chapter 3: The People, Stories About Whom Appear in “The Sunny Side of the Street”
By Marshall P. Wilder
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About This Book

This collection of recollections blends humorous anecdotes and gentle pathos centered on encounters with well-known contemporaries, entertainers, and public figures. The author reflects on the art of storytelling, offers brief portraits of lively personalities encountered in social and professional settings, and recounts travels and performances abroad with impressions of foreign audiences and institutions. Interspersed are observations on wit, luck in narration, and human warmth, including sketches of backstage life, civic occasions, and hospital scenes. The pieces are short, anecdotal sketches tied together by a genial, optimistic tone.

The People, Stories About Whom Appear in “The Sunny Side of the Street”

  • Abbey, Henry E., 99
  • Abbot Sisters (Bessie and Jessie), 215, 216
  • Albert Victor, Prince, 217
  • Alexandra, Queen, 221-249
  • Alger, Gen. Russell A., 42, 339
  • Allen, Heron-, 289
  • Allen, Viola, 303
  • Anderson, Col., 336
  • Anderson, Mary, Miss, 282
  • Arkell, W. J., 47, 100
  • Bancroft, Sir Squire, 310
  • Bangs, Frank, 303
  • Barrett, Lawrence, 73
  • Barrett, Millie, 74
  • Barrett, Wilson, 78, 98, 261
  • Barrymore, Maurice, 153
  • Bartholdi, 182
  • Battenberg, Prince Henry of, 273
  • Baumeister, Caroline, 271
  • Beecher, Henry Ward, 46, 199, 201, 202, 250
  • Bell, Digby, 163
  • Bellew, Kyrle, 158
  • Bingham (Ventriloquist), 149
  • Blaine, James G., 248, 257
  • Bliss, Cornelius N., 42
  • Booth, Edwin, 143
  • Bowers, Arthur, 100
  • Brockway, Supt. (Elmira), 167
  • “Bronco Bill,” 182
  • Brough, Lionel, 222
  • Buntline, Ned, 177
  • Burdette, Robert J., 62
  • Burgess, Neil, 148
  • Burke, Major John, 186
  • Burnand, F. C., 118
  • Busbey, Georgia, 73
  • Byron, Oliver Dowd, Mr. and Mrs., 148
  • Cameron, Gov., 251
  • Carlyle, Francis, 147
  • Carr, Comyns, 310
  • Carte, D’Oyley, 191
  • Chanfrau, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, 148
  • “Cheiro” (Louis Warner), 288-291
  • Childs, Geo. W., 99
  • Choate, Joseph H., 151
  • Clarke, J. I. C., 99
  • Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Grover, 46, 69, 254, 255, 295
  • Coates, Foster, 99
  • Cockerill, John A., 331
  • Cody, Kit Carson, 177
  • Cody, Col. Wm. J. (“Buffalo Bill”), 100, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 186, 187, 188, 189
  • Collier, Wm. (“Willie”), 71
  • Corbett, James J., 150
  • Croker, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
  • Croly, Mrs., 284
  • Dailey, Pete, 69
  • Dale, Musical, 147
  • Daly, Augustin, 99, 285
  • Davis, Richard Harding, 260
  • Depew, Chauncey M., 34, 99, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 137, 196, 214, 260, 290
  • Devonshire, Duke of, 214
  • Dewey, Gott, 84, 86, 88
  • Dickens, Charles, 118
  • Dillingham, C. B., 147
  • Dix, Rev. Morgan, 326
  • Dixey, Henry E., 75
  • Dockstader, Lew, 147
  • Dodson, J. E., 225
  • Doubleday, Frank N., 140
  • Dougherty, Daniel, 99
  • Drew, John, 303
  • Dunham, Geo., 303
  • Du Val, Harry, 99
  • Eames, Emma, Mme., 147
  • Edward the Seventh (King), 211-221, 249
  • Emmett, J. K., 69
  • Evans, Charles, 76, 77
  • Evarts, Wm. M., 295
  • Fawcett, George, 155
  • Fiske, Harrison Grey, 100
  • “Flat Iron,” 182, 183, 184
  • Florence, W. J., 100, 303
  • Frohman, Charles, 155
  • Frohman, Daniel, 99
  • Fuller, Loie, 288
  • Geary (P. M. Gen.), Mr. and Mrs., 42
  • George, Prince, 217
  • Gilbert, W. S., 78, 79, 118
  • Gildersleeve, Judge, 189
  • Gillette, Wm., 147
  • Glenny, Charles, 79
  • Goff, Recorder, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
  • Goodwin, Nat, 156, 199, 307
  • Gould, Edith Kingdon, 282
  • Gould, George, 281, 282
  • Gould, Jay, 280
  • Grain, Corney, 191
  • Grant, Gen. Fred., 336
  • Grant, Mayor Hugh, 99
  • Grant, Gen. U. S., 32, 330
  • Greeley, Horace, 137
  • Griffen, Mrs., 283
  • Grossmith, Geo., 191
  • Gunn, Michael, 283
  • Halford, Leige, 46, 47
  • Handy, Moses P., 100, 286
  • Harris, Sir August, 245, 310
  • Harrison, Benj. F., 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
  • Harrison, Russell, 46, 48
  • Hatton, Joseph, 100
  • Hilliard, Robert, 146
  • Hobart, Garrett A., 42, 54
  • Hoey, Bill (“Old Hoss”), 76, 77
  • Howard, Bronson, 239
  • Howard, Jos., Jr., 100
  • Howe, “Daddy,” 224
  • Hoyt, Charles, 78
  • Hutton, Laurence, 143
  • Ingersoll, Col. Robt. G., 99, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 257, 319
  • Irving, Sir Henry, 98, 222-235, 290
  • Jefferson, Charles, 303
  • Jefferson, Jos., 69, 303, 304, 305, 306
  • Jefferson, Jos., Jr., 303
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 303
  • Jefferson, Willie, 303
  • Jones, Henry Arthur, 310
  • Jones, Senator of Nevada, 154, 348
  • Keith, B. F., 212
  • Kendal, Mrs., 225, 252, 257
  • Kendall, Ezra, 59, 60
  • Kennet, Luther M., 337
  • Kent, Chas., 285
  • Kernell, Harry, 159, 161
  • Lackaye, Wilton, 153
  • Langtry, Mrs., 255, 256
  • Lawton, Frank, 147
  • Leary, “Red,” 151
  • Lee, Gen. Fitzhugh, 251
  • Lee, Gen. Robt. E., 251
  • Leslie, Mrs. Frank (Baroness de Bazus), 252
  • Leslie, George, 311
  • Levy, Jefferson, 34
  • Lewis, Marshall, 73
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 25, 57
  • Lombard, Elsie C. (Mrs. John T. Brush), 303
  • Lord, Chester A., 99
  • Loring, D. A., 42
  • Louise, Princess of Teck, 217
  • Lucy, Henry W., 117
  • Mackaye, Steele, 189, 206
  • Mackey, Mrs., 279, 311
  • Maddern, Minnie (Mrs. Fiske), 284
  • Mannering, Billy, 156
  • Mansfield, Richard, 79, 231
  • “Mark Twain,” 64, 65, 66, 67, 138, 147, 148, 316
  • Matthews, Father, 337
  • Maude, Princess, 217
  • McAllister, Ward, 196
  • McIntosh, Burr, 311
  • McIntyre, 227
  • McKelway, St. Clair, 99
  • McKinley, Abner, 44
  • McKinley, Mr. and Mrs. Wm., 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
  • Meade, “Tom,” 226
  • Merrill, Bradford, 99
  • Miles, Gen. Nelson A., 344
  • Mitchell, Maggie, Miss, 148
  • Morton, Levi P., 55
  • Nicolini, Signor, 264
  • Nordica, Madame, 262
  • Nye, Wm. Edgar (Bill), 100, 321
  • Ochiltree, Col. Thos. P., 100, 354
  • Paget, Lady, 261
  • Palmer, A. M., 99
  • Parkhurst, Rev. Charles H., 208, 295
  • Parry, John, 191
  • Patti, Adelina, 41, 252, 263
  • Paulding, Fred’k, 303
  • Perugini (John Chatterton), 157
  • Pettit, Harry, 310
  • Philip, Captain, 45
  • Philip, Mr., 44, 45
  • Pitou, Augustus, 156
  • Ponisi, Madame, 303
  • Porter, Gen. Horace, 130
  • Potter, Mrs. Brown, 261
  • Pryor, Roger A., 295
  • Quimby, W. E., 142
  • “Red Shirt,” 182, 183
  • Rehan, Ada, 312
  • Reid, Opie, 141
  • Reid, Whitelaw, 99
  • Riley, Jas. Whitcomb, 139, 159
  • Robertson, Forbes, 79
  • Robson, Stuart, 73
  • Rockefeller, John D., 279
  • Rogers, Claude, Miss, 162
  • Rogers, Cynthia, Miss, 160
  • Ronalds, Mrs., 252, 262
  • Rosser, Gen., 251
  • Rothschild, Baron de, 192
  • Russell, Lillian, 292
  • Sage, Russell, 290
  • Salsbury, Nate, 185
  • Sanger, Frank, 99
  • Saunders, Lucille Marie, 147
  • Scanlon, W. J., 159
  • Scott, Clement, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246
  • Scott, Margaret Clement, 244
  • Shah of Persia, 249
  • Sherman, Gen. W. T., 69, 99, 259, 260, 330
  • Shine, J. L., 240
  • Sims, George R., 245
  • Skinner, Otis, 147, 303
  • Smith, Ex-Gov., 251
  • Smyth, Recorder, 295
  • Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Mat., 148, 149, 152
  • Sothern, Sam, 100
  • Sousa, John Philip, 126
  • Stevens, Mrs. Paran, 261
  • Stoddart, J. M., 99
  • Sutherland, Duke of, 112
  • Talmage, Rev. T. De Witt, 207
  • Teck, Duke and Duchess of, 217
  • Teck, Princess Mary of, 194
  • Templeton, Fay, 70, 292
  • Tesla, Dr. Nicola, 286
  • Thomas, Augustus, 72
  • Thomas, Brandon, 245
  • Toole, J. L., 214
  • Tree, Beerbohm, 117
  • Vanderbilt, Cornelius Harry, 164, 278
  • Vassar, Queenie (Mrs. Kernell), 162
  • Vaughn, Theresa, Miss, 148
  • Victoria, Princess, 217
  • Wallace, Lew, 334, 342
  • Wanamaker, John, 92, 128, 129
  • Ward, Artemus, 63
  • Washburn, U. S. Minister, 337
  • Watterson, Henry, 100, 141
  • Webb, Jas. Watson, 337
  • Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 315
  • Willard, E. S., 79, 99, 100, 233
  • Williams, Capt. Alexander, 151
  • Williams, “Barney,” 337
  • Wintersmith, Col. Dick, 141
  • Woodruff, Harry, 147
  • Wyndham, Charles, 307
  • Young, James, Jr., 151
  • Young, John Russell, 100